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A couple of weeks ago Yaacov and I discovered wonderful, sharp, tasty, orange cheddar cheese in the shuk. It was imported from England and just perfect. From time to time in the U.S. I liked to eat cheddar cheese. It’s great in omelets and scrambled eggs. It’s good with salad. You just can’t make good […]

Here I am in the kitchen demonstrating the most popular summer dance craze in Israel. Actually, this dance has a long history here and you can find people doing it from about March to November. (I cropped off my own head because my smile looked funny in this picture.)
Step one: Say, “Ow!” and lift up […]

This morning Yaacov and I got up and did something we do most every Friday. We went to the shuk or open market to buy veggies and such for the week. Y’s been working on a civil-disobedience case and wanted to stop by a bookstore downtown to see if they had a book he was […]

Apparently U.S. President Harding made up this word - normalcy. Of course our current President makes up all kinds of goofy words.
Anyway, I guess that I have been busy the past couple of days - but mainly things have just been out of whack. Ulpan (Hebrew school) started on Monday. I am in kitah gimel […]

I’ve decided to start a new series of posts about my neighborhood so that I can share with you some of the neat and fun things that I see from day to day. My neighborhood is called Rehavia or Rechavia. Either way the throaty H sound in the middle of the word is a sound […]